BEIJING: The eastern Chinese foreign trade hub Yiwu in Zhejiang province imposed a three day time lockdown starting on Thursday (Aug 11) to contain a recent COVID-19 outbreak, the city government said upon Thursday. Yiwu is a main manufacturing export centre in eastern Tiongkok and home to at least one.Continue Reading
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared victory in the fight against the novel coronavirus and ordered a lifting of its maximum anti-epidemic measures imposed in May, state media KCNA said upon Thursday (Aug 11). North Korea has not uncovered how many confirmed bacterial infections of the virusContinue Reading
The Malaysian federal government has paid RM6. 08 billion so far to Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd for the purchase associated with six combat ships. Five should have already been handed over to the navy by August 2022, but none continues to be delivered.Continue Reading
China’s major army drills around Taiwan provide Xi Jinping with the opportunity to discompose people from the numerous problems that have developed from his misguided policies, says Ted Gover.Continue Reading
BANGKOK: Malaysia wants a clear endgame in Myanmar’s faltering peace process and is advocating direct engagement by Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) states with the junta’s opponents, and bringing other countries into the fold, its foreign minister said on Wednesday (Aug 10). Saifuddin Abdullah, whose candid remarks about theContinue Reading
There has so far been no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the Langya henipavirus.Continue Reading
As rare earths from Myanmar travel around the world, they pass through many hands. The most destructive mining is for heavy rare earths, which are critical to make powerful magnets heat-resistant. Ores are trucked across the border from illicit mines in Myanmar to southern China, where state-owned companies buy themContinue Reading
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Wednesday (Aug 10) summoned China’s ambassador to Britain, Zheng Zeguang, to explain Beijing’s actions towards Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit. A furious China has extended its largest-ever exercises around the self-ruled island it claims as its own following Pelosi’s visitContinue Reading
No surgery is required for Third Warrant Officer Jeffrey Heng, although the Red Lions team member suffered some injuries in a hard landing at the National Day Parade, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on Wednesday (Aug 10). Dr Ng added that 3WO Heng will need time and some rehab, butContinue Reading
TOKYO: Unification Church followers in Japan and their families have faced harassment and death threats since the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the organisation’s Japanese branch said on Wednesday (Aug 10). The man accused of shooting Abe a month ago bore a grudge against a “certain group” heContinue Reading